Fuel Oxygenates (Petroleum in the Environment)

Fuel Oxygenates Sites:

European Fuel Oxygenates Association European Fuel Oxygenates Association: Extensive information on the benefits of oxygenates in gasoline, the role that MTBE plays in improving air quality, and health and environmental issues related to its use. Source is trade organization of MTBE producers. (Fuel Oxygenates) http://www.efoa.org/ MTBE Treatment Profiles MTBE Treatment Profiles: U.S. EPA compilation of studies and experiences with in situ and ex situ treatment of groundwater and drinking water contaminated with MTBE. (Fuel Oxygenates) http://clu-in.org/products/mtbe/ Bibliography on MTBE and Water Quality Bibliography on MTBE and Water Quality: Searchable database of technical reference citations, by US Geological Survey. (Fuel Oxygenates) http://wwwsd.cr.usgs.gov/nawqa/vocns/mtbe/bib/ MTBE Research at UC Davis MTBE Research at UC Davis: Includes an integrative review of the existing literature, assessment of available monitoring data, and original research performed by several University of California institutions. (Fuel Oxygenates) http://tsrtp.ucdavis.edu/mtbe/ EPA Charnock MTBE Project EPA Charnock MTBE Project: Case study about problem with MTBE (oxygenate fuel additive) in the Charnock groundwater sub-basin, which is an important source of drinking water for Santa Monica and Culver City, California. (Fuel Oxygenates) http://www.epa.gov/region09/cross_pr/mtbe/charnock National Debate About the Additive MTBE National Debate About the Additive MTBE: Report on the effects of a likely change in U.S. policy on reformulated gasoline, specifically examining the results of an increased role for ethanol, and a decreased role for MTBE. From National Governors' Association. (Fuel Oxygenates) http://www.nga.org/center/divisions/1,1188,C_ISSUE_BRIEF^D_891,00.html Reformulated Gasoline Reformulated Gasoline: U.S. EPA collection of fact sheets, technical documents, computer models, data, Congressional testimony, and other materials about the reformulation of gasoline by adding MTBE, ethanol, or other oxygenates to reduce air pollution. (Fuel Oxygenates) http://www.epa.gov/otaq/rfg.htm MTBE Resources MTBE Resources: American Petroleum Institute compilation of online technical information on fuel oxygenates (primarily MTBE) in soil, groundwater and surface water. Includes both API-generated material and information from other sources. (Fuel Oxygenates) http://www.api.org/ehs/mtbelink.htm MTBE Study MTBE Study: California Energy Commission study on methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE). (Fuel Oxygenates) http://www.energy.ca.gov/mtbe/ Oxygenates in Water (EPA) Oxygenates in Water (EPA): Identification of key issues related to assessing and managing the potential health and environmental risks of oxygenate contamination of water. Oxygenates are chemicals added to fuels ("oxyfuels") to increase the oxygen content and thereby redu (Fuel Oxygenates) http://www.epa.gov/ncea/oxyneeds.htm U.S. EPA Blue Ribbon Panel for Reviewing the Use of MTBE and Other Oxygenates in Gasoline U.S. EPA Blue Ribbon Panel for Reviewing the Use of MTBE and Other Oxygenates in Gasoline: Presentations heard by panel, panel report (1999), and related Internet links. (Fuel Oxygenates) http://www.epa.gov/OMS/consumer/fuels/oxypanel/blueribb.htm MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether) Information MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether) Information: U.S. EPA site about MTBE and releases from underground storage tank systems. (Fuel Oxygenates) http://www.epa.gov/swerust1/mtbe/ Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether: Fact sheet on the fate and transport of MTBE (from underground gasoline storage tanks) in groundwater. (Fuel Oxygenates) http://wilkes1.wilkes.edu/~eqc/mtbe.htm Assessing the transport and fate of MTBE Assessing the transport and fate of MTBE: An article on the oxygenates MTBE and TAME and how they have led to contamination of major aquifers, including the Chalk aquifer of southern England. (Fuel Oxygenates) http://www.solinst.com/Res/cmt/UKChalk/UKChalk.html